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http://yearzero.nin.com/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20080303184213/http://yearzero.nin.com/ (Internet Archive copy)] ==Discovery==[[Image:Yearzerodotnin feb25.jpg|thumb|Latest view View of front page as of - Feb 25, 2007]][[Image:yearzeronincom.jpg|thumb|Final front page view]]The official subsection of the [[nin.com ]] website pertaining to ''[[Year Zero]]'' and its accompanying ARG.
Go to [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?t=20158 this thread] on ETS for discussion of this website
==Content==
When the website went live, it contained a completely different image than the one displayed now, there was a vertical list of zeros. Over time the length of this list changed frequently, along with the number of zeros in each entry. This was the first indication that something strange was happening in regards to ''Year Zero''.
 
=== Track Listing ===
Eventually, the listing stopped changing and sixteen entries were left. Over the next week or so, three titles were revealed, one at a time: "[[The Beginning of the End]]", "[[God Given]]" and "[[Vessel]]". By this point, fans were already wildly speculating what would happen next.
 
On February 12, 2007, [[ETS]] user [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=6668 ianmatthews] posted a track list that he found from Soulseek. [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?p=810006] Soon after, the remaining thirteen titles were revealed on yearzero.nin.com. It is not known whether or not this was intentional or if it was simply a reaction to the track listing leak.
 
[[User:Malechite|Malechite]] put together Yzminisiteanimation.gif[http://bloggernista.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/yzminisiteanimation.gif] an animation of the image unfolding using the images saved at Symphony of Noise.
 
Then some distortion was added to the image, appearing next to the track "[[My Violent Heart]]" right before the song leaked, next to the track "[[Me, I'm Not]]" around the time that song was leaked and then the distortion appeared next to the track "[[In This Twilight]]" shortly before it leaked.
 
===Survivalism Video===
Static appeared on "[[Survivalism (song)|Survivalism]]", shortly thereafter the "Survivalism" [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music video]] was leaked and then released on yearzero.nin.com.
 
The image for the video appeared and then changed to [http://yearzero.nin.com/survivalism/cover.html halo23_cover.jpg] and a PDF of the lyrics to the song appeared.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070409102555/http://yearzero.nin.com/survivalism/survivalism.pdf]
 
Next to appear were links to a trailer.
 
=== Trailer ===
[[Image:Yearzero video hi frame135.jpg|thumbnail|Road sign in the ''Year Zero'' trailer]]
[[Image:Year-zero-trailer-0024-glitch.jpg|thumbnail|"/0024 glitch" seen during the ''Year Zero'' trailer]]
The [[Year Zero Trailer|trailer]] released on <u>yearzero.nin.com</u> contains an image of [[The Presence]].
 
The original uploads are no longer available, but the trailer has been preserved in high and low resolutions on [https://www.nindestruct.com/video.html#trailers-promos nindestruct.com] and on the [https://vimeo.com/3523800 official NIN Vimeo]. [[Rob Sheridan]] also posted a 4K upscale of the trailer on his [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOD-FOx-jQw YouTube channel]. The compression of the uploads may make locating the artifacts described below difficult to discover.
== Track Listing ==In the video, the camera quickly glances over a road sign which reads "[[I AM TRYING TO BELIEVE]]". A "glitch" later in the video briefly shows the text "/0024", which quickly led fans to discover the page <u>yearzero.nin.com/0024</u>. According to the file name, the image on that page was found to be the cover for the ''Year Zero'' album. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080805082618/http://yearzero.nin.com/0024/]
When the website went live, it contained only a portion of The album art appeared on the image displayed now, page and instead of song titles, there was eventually a vertical list of zeros. The length of this list changed frequently, along with the number of zeros in each entry. This was the first indication that something strange was happening in regards link to [[Year Zero]]a listen link.
Eventually, the listing stopped changing and 16 entries were left=== Listen ===[[Image:Yzplayer. Over the next week or so, three titles were revealed, one at a time: jpg|thumb|The Beginning of the End, God Given, and Vesselflash player on yearzero.nin. By this point, fans were already wildly speculating what would happen nextcom.]]
On February 12Less than a day after the original ''Year Zero'' promo leak occurred, yearzero.nin.com was updated on April 4, 2007, [[ETS]] user with a ''listen to year zero'' link that launched a [http://wwwyearzero.echoingthesoundnin-thespiral.orgcom/phpbbxFLJoi4gjw2f/profileplayer.php?mode=viewprofile&u=6668 ianmatthewshtml flash player] posted a track list he found from Soulseekstreaming the entire album. ([http://www.echoingthesoundportraitofdecay.orgcom/phpbbxyearzero.nin.com/viewtopicindex-be.php?p=810006] Soon after, the remaining 13 titles were revealed on html yearzero.nin.com] archived on 2007. It is not known whether or not this was intentional or if it was simply a reaction to the track listing leak04.04 with working flash player.)
Since then'''fuzz.flv'''When listening to the album in this player, there has been some distortion added to occasionally the image, appearing next would flicker and become fuzzy for a few seconds before returning to the track normal. [[My Violent HeartUser:Disorganized|Disorganized]] right before decompiled the flash file and found a file called fuzz.flv containing the song leakedvarious flickering images. So far, and then next one image of a silhouetted figure standing has been found. It appears to look similar to the track image of [[Me, I'm NotTrent Reznor]] around the time the song was leaked. Recently (on or before February 25), a distortion has appeared next to the track ''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In This TwilightTime]]'' DVD cover. It is also present in the Temporary Internet Files Folder but resembles an zoomed in appearance of 'The Presence' from the ''Year Zero'' trailer.
[[User:Malechite|Malechite]] also put together [http://wwwUpon further tinkering with the fuzz.flv image, several other images were found.ninwikiTwo of which occured on the black bar banner occurring at the beginning and end of the short video file.comThey both appeared to have lettering and/Image:Yzminisiteanimationor a phrase written through the middle of the bar.gif an animation] Also a blue clip of the image unfolding using the images saved at [[Symphony of Noise]]file showcased a darker human like figure, also could be interpreted as 'The Presence'.
'''Mr. Brightside'''[[User:MephitixDisorganized|MephitixDisorganized]] has [http://mephitix.epfarms.org/glitch.png extended the left-hand glitch] and also found that it overlaps Track 2: The Beginning of , upon decompiling the End almost perfectlyflash file, leading one to speculate on the importance words "Mr. Brightside" appeared in the track listing. Speculation suggested that this could have possibly been the name of the scrapped bonus track or that it might be leaked soonfor the Japan release of ''Year Zero''.
== Video =Multitrack Files===Multitrack copies of the songs "Survivalism", "The Beginning Of The End", "Vessel", "Me, I'm Not", "[[Image:Yearzero video hi frame135.jpgCapital G (song)|thumbnail|Road sign in the Year Zero trailerCapital G]]", "God Given", and "My Violent Heart" were added to the page in [[Image:Yearzero video hi frame325.jpg|thumbnail|A hidden clue leading to http://yearzerowww.ninapple.com/0024]ilife/garageband/ Garageband]format, with links to torrents with the songs in raw files to be used in other applications so that fans could remix them.
A [[trailer]] has been released on [http://yearzero.nin.com ===AIR Flag===An image of an AIR flag was added to the Year Zero website] containing an image bottom of the page and linked to [[The PresenceArt_Is_Resistance]], then a resources link was added.* [http://boss.streamos.com/download/interscope/nin/yearzero/yearzero_hi.mov High resolution]* [http://boss.streamos.com/download/interscope/nin/yearzero/yearzero_lo.mov Low resolution]
The road sign the camera quickly glances over says "[[I AM TRYING TO BELIEVE]]"===Wallpapers===''Year Zero'' and themed wallpapers were made available to download in various sizes as zip files.
== Hidden Images =Resources Link===http://yearzero.nin.com/resources/index.html
The page uses an imagemap to conceal a great deal of hidden links which, when clicked on, display images presumably from the recording sessions for Parent Page: [[Year ZeroYearzero.nin.com]].
Number: There are links to 11 images: [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/03.html 03.jpeg],[http://yearzero.nin.com/img/07.html 07.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/10.html 10.jpeg],[http://yearzero.nin.com/img/12.html 12.jpeg],[http://yearzero.nin.com/img/14.html 14.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/19.html 19.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/22.html 22.jpeg],[http://yearzero.nin.com/img/25.html 25.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/28.html 28.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/31.html 31.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/39.html 39.jpeg].is no known number for this page
Background Text: There is no known [[Year_Zero_Banned_Media |Banned media]] for this page '''Discovery'''The link to the resources page eventually appeared on the Yearzero.nin.com page '''Content'''The page design contains two columns  #Press which is self-explanatory#Experience which lists [[Open_Source_Resistance |Open Source Resistance]], [[ETS]], and—You guessed it—[[Main_Page |NINWiki]]! ===Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D===A ''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'' section was added prior to its release and contains information regarding formats, extra wallpapers, and a link to [[remix.nin.com]]. === Hidden Images ===The page used an imagemap to conceal a great deal of hidden links which, when clicked on, displayed images presumably from the recording sessions for ''Year Zero''. There were links to 11 images, shown below. The following link was found, but is was not linked from the main page:
[http://yearzero.nin.com/img/86.html albumcover.jpg]. It appears to be the same as the image found at
http://yearzero.nin.com/0024/.
== Background ==<gallery>Image:03.jpgImage:07.jpgImage:10.jpgAs events happen relating to the world of Year Zero, certain sections of the background are revealedImage:12. Speculation is far-spread about the actual content of the image, but nothing is yet certainjpgImage:14.jpgImage:19AR.jpgImage:22.jpgImage:25.jpgImage:Alanmoulder.jpgImage:31.jpgImage:39.jpg</gallery>
The only real indication that the background is linked to developments in the World ==External Links==*[http://www.portraitofdecay.net/yearzero.nin.com/ yearzero.nin.com (Archived at Portrait of Year Zero is that a section next to "My Violent Heart" was revealed shortly before the MP3 was leaked.Decay)]
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